Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, my clearly favorite isthe first one in B&W, a great picture! cheers Lluis El 01/01/2011, a las 10:57, Marty Deveney escribi?: > Still trying with digital B&W. When the illuminance range is within > the range of the sensor, it's pretty nice: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/fionn+web.jpg.html > M8, Summilux 75. > > The garden continues to produce elements of tasty meals: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/borlotti+beans.jpg.html > M8, Summilux 75. > > In September last year, Anita and I had a fantastic night out in New > York City with Mark Rabiner. After meeting at Tom's at W112th and > Broadway, we wandered through Columbia University and then on to a > Greek restaurant, the Hungarian Pastry Shop, The Cathedral of St John > the Divine and a little public transport odyssey before saying > goodbye. A great night out. I'd been working and we were fatigued > and this was exactly what I needed. Here's a photo from where we met: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/USA/rabs+web.jpg.html - I > stopped down a little (maybe f2-2.8?) because of the potential for bad > bokeh, about which Rabs and I long ago agreed to disagree. > Interestingly, in the highlights you can see texture from the > polishing on the aspherical element in my 35/1.4 asph, here at 100%: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/USA/rabs+highlight+asphere.jpg.html > I don't like the rendition of these highlights and this texture > really catches my eye and bugs me, even in the full size version > printed large. My eyes are distractable and particular. This is > posted because I otherwise like the photo and because it points out to > me how some things have this amazingly strange way of appearing at > moments when they are entirely apropos. I've been looking for a good > example of this for a long time. > > Happy new year everyone. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information